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5. Sean Connery was the first choice to provide the voice of Mufasa, which eventually went to James Earl Jones instead.
6. Playing Mufasa and Sarabi was a reunion for Jones and Madge Sinclair, who previously played King Jaffe Joffer and Queen Aoleon in Coming to America.
7. A song called "To Be King" was originally written for Mufasa to sing until everyone realized that Jones couldn't perform it and it was ultimately scrapped from the film's soundtrack.
8. There isn't a single recording of an actual lion roar used in the film. Because the producers wanted specific roars for each lion, actor Frank Welker provided them all.